Any repair, rework, or adjustment related to the disposition of an existing non conformity, defect, or other undesirable situation.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
correction (noun)1.
the action or an instance of as - correcting
a) - amendment rectification
b) - rebuke punishment
c) a bringing into conformity with a standard
d) - neutralization counteraction correction of acidity
2.
a decline in market price or business activity following and counteracting a rise
3.
a) something substituted in place of what is wrong - marking corrections on the students' papers
b) a quantity applied by way of correcting (as for adjustment of an instrument)
4.
the treatment and rehabilitation of offenders through a program involving penal custody, parole, and probation , also the administration of such treatment as a matter of public policy - usually used in plural
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
correction (noun)1.
a change designed to correct or improve a written work
SYNONYMS:
amendment, emendationRELATED WORDS:
cut, deletion; addition, amplification, supplement; adjustment, alteration, modification, revision; improvement, renovation; clarification, explanation, explication2.
suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense
SYNONYMS:
castigation, chastisement, comeuppance, correction, desert(s), discipline, nemesis, penalty, wrathRELATED WORDS:
reprisal, retaliation, retribution, revenge, vengeance; assessment, charge, fine, mulct; example, sentence; confinement, imprisonment, incarceration; condemnation, damnation, denouncement; censure, criticism, rebuke, reprimand, reproofNEAR ANTONYMS:
amnesty, indemnity, pardon, parole; acquittal, exculpation, exoneration, vindication; exemption, immunity, impunity; release; commutation, reprieve; absolution, forgiveness, remission, remitment; condonation, disregard, overlookingCorrection (Wikipedia)
Look up correction in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Correction may refer to:
- A euphemism for punishment
- Correction (newspaper), the posting of a notice of a mistake in a past issue of a newspaper
- Correction (stock market), in financial markets, a short-term price decline
- Correction (novel), a 1975 novel by Thomas Bernhard
- a mechanism in mixed electoral systems also known as compensation
- a perturbation to an equation in perturbation theory (quantum mechanics)
Correction (Wiktionary)
English
Alternative forms
- correxion (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English correccioun, correction, from Old French correccion (French correction), from Latin corrēctiō. Doublet of correctio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəˈɹɛkʃən/
- Hyphenation: cor‧rec‧tion
- Rhymes: -ɛkʃən
Noun
correction (countable and uncountable, plural corrections)
- The act of correcting.
- A substitution for an error
Alteration, Change, Correction, Refinement, Revision, Adaptation, Enhancement, Fine-tuning, Tweaking, Calibration
